Ricky Reyes
Raised in Tacoma, Washington
Lives & works in Seattle, Washington
Education
2014 - 2018 - Bachelor of Art in Public Policy & Sociology
University of Life
2021 - 2023 - Seattle Black Spatial Histories Institute (Oral History)
Tacoma School of the Arts
Graduated: June 2014
Experience
2021 - Office of Arts & Culture | Public Art Project Manager
2021 - Wa Na Wari | Black Spatial Histories Institute (Oral History)
2020 - Office of Arts & Culture | ARTS at King Street Station Gallery Lead
2018 - Office of Arts & Culture | Racial Equity & Arts Commission Coordinator
2017 - Office of Arts & Culture | Research and Communications Contractor
2016 - Sub Pop | Licensing & Marketing
2016 - Museum of Pop Culture | Education Programs & Community Outreach
2015 - Napster | Social Media Marketing Intern
2015 - Seattle Theatre Group | Programming & Booking Intern
Attended Training & Workshops
Arts, Displacement, and Intentional Communities (2019)
Bystander Intervention, Cair WA (2018)
Build Arts Space Equitably Cohort Coordinator (2019)
Cross-Movement Organizing: Strategies to Resist and Dismantle Oppression (2018)
Storytelling for Collective Liberation (2019)
Internalized Racial Inferiority, Office of Civil Rights (2019)
POC Leadership Training, RARE Coaching & Consulting (2018)
Storytelling Strategies for Dismantling Racism, NONWHITEWORKS (2019)
Understanding Power, Office of Civil Rights (2019)
Undoing Institutional Racism, The People’s Institute (2019)
Skills
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Art Administration
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Oral History
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Public Art Project Management
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Racial Equity Framework
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Facilitation
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Public Speaking
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Event Planning & Coordination
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Social Media Marketing
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Music: Production, Songwriting, Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Beat Making
Publications
Creative Strategies for Career-Connected Learning: Youth Voice in the Media Classroom. (Reyes, Nguyen-Akbar, 2018)
New Orleans Charter Education:
Combating Charter-Based School Segregation. (Reyes, 2018)
